 Proton has open-sourced all its Proton Drive apps for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android, emphasizing transparency and privacy. Source code for each version is available on GitHub https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/9/proton-open-sources-all-proton-drive-apps-to-enhance-transparency-and-privacy/ Microsoft is merging its Game Pass and Xbox mobile apps into a single app for iOS and Android. Xbox Insiders can test it this week. The app includes features from both apps but won't support Xbox Cloud Gaming on iOS due to Apple restrictions https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/9/microsoft-is-merging-the-xbox-game-pass-app-into-its-main-xbox-app-for-ios-and-android/ Itβs time to update your Blender LTS! π πΆ Blender LTS 4.2 has its second release, addressing 101 issues since version 4.2.1. πΉ Blender LTS 3.6.16 tackles 4 issues from the previous release. As always, it is highly recommended to update. Announcing our $30M Series B to bring Raycast to Windows and iOS. 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Users may consider cheaper alternatives for their streaming needs.  @alternativeto Meanwhile me with Tubular and FreeTube: Yeah Google can go F*** themselves Defense against AI-guided Traffic Analysis (DAITA) Now available on iOS! Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/defense-against-ai-guided-traffic-analysis-daita-now-available-on-ios Servo now supports devtools again! Thanks to eri, our latest Outreachy intern, you can now inspect the DOM tree, view styles, evaluate JavaScript, and read console messages. Run servoshell with --devtools=6080 and connect via about:debugging in Firefox. More details β https://servo.org/blog/2024/09/20/devtools/ @servo umm forgive me for asking but why does the DevTools window look a lot like Firefox? Twitch is updating its community guidelines enforcement, allowing minor violations to expire and offering educational courses to reduce penalties. 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@alternativeto good step in the right direction. Although its disappointing @protonprivacy hasn't started development of a Linux version of Proton Drive yet.